正在中国访问的美军参谋长联席会议主席彼得·佩斯23日在北京举行的新闻发布会上表示，他与中国军方领导商谈了建立美中军事热线一事。“希望通过军事热线，增加双方沟通的机会，减少误判，消除误解。”2 o* ~( X' t5 J1 ?( q( I
- f9 G5 G8 G a$ i* ~, c 佩斯是应中央军委委员、中国人民解放军总参谋长梁光烈的邀请，于22日开始对中国为期4天的正式访问。中央军委副主席郭伯雄，中央军委副主席、国务委员兼国防部长曹刚川22日分别会见了佩斯。梁光烈与佩斯举行了会谈。8 g5 m6 x3 ]9 P$ o9 v
% x1 M- t8 g0 }& o 佩斯说，他们讨论了通过其他途径增进两军间的信任，比如，互相观摩军事演习，共同参加人道主义救援，增加军官交流等。 0 G F+ Q: T, Q2 D% Y! ]( ^: V% t1 q% a7 p; @# G! A
佩斯一行是今年访华的第一个美国高级军事代表团，也是佩斯2005年就任美军参联会主席以来首次访华。 0 i; v. z" a8 [! j2 S9 s 2 a0 ~5 _6 [7 @* W4 m( f& fU.S. general says Beijing 'hotline' possible ! F0 Q) j9 l) E5 g ) R9 c9 j! l, I2 w8 Q/ q5 V fBEIJING — China's military is proposing officer exchanges and other confidence-building measures with the U.S. Army and may be inching closer to setting up a “hotline” for emergency communication with Washington, the top U.S. general said Friday. , \$ S7 G! G; m! s+ d# o7 D- e& P
However, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he received no new information in meetings with Chinese military chiefs about Beijing's test of an anti-satellite weapon in January that raised concern in Washington. He said he continued to press China's generals for more transparency about the aims of their military buildup. : u9 b5 }; |/ `! L6 F0 o. d% r( T' T ( z, u' V& _4 X/ y! R“I used the example of the anti-satellite test as how sometimes the international community can be confused, because it was a surprise that China did that, and it wasn't clear what their intent was,” Gen. Pace said. ; b: y9 z& O9 `3 C; I, N& z8 w X$ b ) A$ e; Q- @# `* EGen. Pace said he immediately agreed to study the proposals put forward Friday by Gen. Liang Guanglie, chief of the PLA's General Staff Department. Liang's move suggested a departure from the skepticism with which the highly secretive People's Liberation Army has long regarded co-operation with the U.S. military. $ H) U7 J; z2 w! p! p8 A0 @( {( O P. P9 A, S3 X w$ P
“To me this was a very good, open discussion and one that I found very encouraging,” Gen. Pace told reporters in Beijing.; [' L' U* m4 H \ g% Y
9 Q1 Y {6 B6 m1 JGen. Liang's proposals included sending Chinese cadets to the Army academy at West Point as well as participating in joint exercises and humanitarian and relief-at-sea operations “that might be able to build trust and confidence amongst our forces.”/ N( Q0 a, x1 f \! N
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Military exchanges were largely suspended following a collision between a U.S. spy plane and a Chinese jet fighter over the South China Sea in 2001. The Chinese pilot was killed and the U.S. crew held captive after making an emergency landing at a Chinese air base. L' H% }& k7 D' m& ^ * y r# _# h: {' j: x6 BDuring that crisis, communication between the sides was spotty and at times non-existent, largely because Washington had no direct channel of communications with the Chinese leadership. + [& C" _3 r: v2 r' r 6 D& r! ]& e# z, m0 S6 B( L9 d, O) J6 dGen. Pace said the sides agreed to keep discussing setting up a “hotline” between either military or civilian leaders that would help ease any future friction. 4 I2 K+ G. }* v2 w7 J$ F. y/ {: ]9 I1 O9 ?$ W3 T o, H% n
“The Chinese military understands as well as I do that the opportunity to pick up the phone and talk to somebody you know and smooth out misunderstandings quickly is a very important part of relations between two countries,” Gen. Pace said.4 m, r! k% p) K
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Deep mistrust remains, however, particularly over Washington's close military ties with Japan and commitment to help ensure the defence of Taiwan, the self-governing island that China considers its own territory and which it has threatened to use force to recover. / t: S: Z" z- c+ M J1 C+ H p& u1 ~4 z$ Y# N7 }China has complained about U.S. plans to sell a batch of more than 400 missiles to Taiwan, but Gen. Pace said he had no details and didn't indicate whether the deal was mentioned in discussions. % h" n1 |% S% E. i. y n2 V1 a8 n' b* i: Z& a- h
Asked about the possibility of a conflict over Taiwan, he said: “I believe there are good faith efforts among all the leadership to prevent that.” ! e# X( }# m- F' Z5 I+ a: i: Q+ g w2 ^) R* E: M
The general didn't say how the Chinese officers responded to his calls for more transparency. China raised its military budget by 17.8 per cent this year to about $45-billion (U.S.) -- the biggest jump since 1995. The Pentagon says actual Chinese defence spending could be twice as high.: W. ?/ ~! d) Q: q9 J0 U
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The spending boost and January's satellite test, in which China became only the third country to destroy an object in space by pulverizing one of its own unused satellites with a missile warhead, heightened the sense of unease in Washington over China's 2.3 million-member armed forces.' f0 ~% B$ B% d; v. y
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; Y4 s5 {/ q4 A3 W3 t. q3 n , i) ^; k7 s9 z$ `/ \ fChairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Peter Pace inspects the guard of honor during a welcome ceremony at the Defence Ministry in Beijing March 22, 2007.
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